St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-31
DISGRACE AND DEATH.
Two "Eminently Respectable" People Of
Milbank Become Involved in Dis
graceful Scandal.
The Seducer, After His Detection in Dis
honoring Brother Mason, Com
mits Suicide.
The Frail Woman Prominent in Tenn.
perance and Methodist Rel1g-
1ous Circles.
An 1r1shman Becomes Hebrew by
Adoption in Order to Get
Married.
Special to the Globe

Special to the Globe
MdLeANk, Dak., March SO.-A deplor-
able tragedy, accompanied by sad tale of
uomestlc trouble in high life, has been tht
cause OF great sensation in Milbank thd
past twenty-four hours. Charles Schuc-
hartt, an old settler, and one O,
our most highly respected citizens.
lies dead by his own hand. while
MIS-. John g. Knapp, the wife of another
olo setter and equally respected citizen.
lhe register OF deeds and president of the
Doard OF education, left town tonight
aisgraced woman and faithless wife.
Briefly stated, the trouble which has re-
suited in such
A SCENE OF WOE.
from all accounts dates back some FIVE or
SIX years. The injured husband has had
reason at various times to suspect his wife
OF lntideliGy, but never had positive proof
thefeof until within the past two or three
uayS; Mf. Knapp placed the matter in the
hanas OF Edgar NJ. Bennett, of the firm
OF bennet d Eldridge, of Bigstone City,
VINO engaged Detective Bob Major, of Or
tonVllle, to work up the case. The female
uohes1lc IN Mr.. Knapp's house was taken
iuto confidence. and admitted the detective
to the house on Friday evening of last weeE,
and again Oh Wednesday evening. On Fri
day evening the detective heard Schuchartt
enter the house, being admitted bv Mrs.
Knapp. Before he got to the bedroom
irohl the basement the guilty parties had
emerged from the room and he did not de-
tect them. On Wednesday evening. how
ever ne caught them in flagrante delictu.
Schuchartt
ATTEMPTED TO ESCAPE.
but Major held him at the point of a re-
VolVer, ana then summoned the domestic
and sent her out to bring in several neigh
oOrs to witness the scene. 1t was a clear
case, and the guilty parties Immediately ar
ranged to leave the CITY, Mrs.
Knapp begged her paramour to not
desert her, and he declared that as soon as
a divorce was obtained he would marry
ner. Schuchartt then walked out to his
mouse, mile from town, for the purpose,
as he declared, of hitching up his
morse and buggy and driving to Orton-
vliie, to which place money was
10 De sent hlm from the bank here. This
was evidently his intention when he left
town. He evidently changed his mind
upon realizing the enormity of the disgrace,
and also that he as a Mason had invaded
the sanctity of fellow Mason's home. He
then deliberately placed the muzzle of a
loaded shot gun to his mouth and with his
toe
DISCHARGED THE FATAL SHOT
that ushered his guilty soul into eternity.
1t might be added that the husband. in pur-
suahce OF the plan to entrap the guilty par
ties. had gone to Big Stone City in the
morning. Coroner Daniels summoned A.
II. Lewis, G. w. Bartlett and J. E.
Simmons as jury who rendered a
verdict that the deceased came to his death
by his own hand. Mrs. Knapp, who has
been prominent member of the w. C. T.
Q. and of the Methodist church, left to.
night for Appleton. Mimi. where she will re-
main until she makes further arrangements
to meet her folks from Michigan Mr..
Knapp has served a summons for divorce.
He has the sympathy of the community in
his sad trouble. Schuchartt's relations re-
side in Wisconsin. He has lived alone since
coming to Dakota, having been divorced
some years ago.